Weekly Digest

Life
Tiles chosen for kitchen. Trivial but gets another decision out of the way. Just need to pay for it all now. Noticable that the nights are starting to draw in a bit too. Winter is coming and it’s only the start of August.

Media
Ghost in the Shell – average but looked great. Game of Thrones episode 3 and the pace is growing. Great send off for Olenna Tyrell as well. Love it.

Links

• How Two Brothers Turned Seven Lines of Code Into a $9.2 Billion Startup – Bloomberg
  Now, Stripe’s Patrick and John Collison are teaming with Amazon to grab even more control over the global flow of commerce.
  Europe’s best startup? Amazing story.
• Beme News Update #3: This Is Not A Film Review – YouTube
  Good look at the story of Dunkirk.
• How Apple Is Putting Voices in Users’ Heads—Literally | WIRED
  Inspiring.
• 2017 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year | National Geographic
  See the winning photos from the 2017 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year. The power of nature. View Winners galleries.
  Some of these photo’s are breathtaking – glad I didn’t have to pick the winner.
• The secret rhythm behind Radiohead’s “Videotape” – YouTube
  Welcome to Vox Pop: Earworm! In my first episode of Earworm, I speak with Warren Lain. He’s a Radiohead fan who also happens to be an incredibly talented mus…
  Who knew – geeky video about one of my favourite Radiohead tracks.
• The Loyal Engineers Steering NASA’s Voyager Probes Across the Universe – The New York Times
  As the Voyager mission is winding down, so, too, are the careers of the aging explorers who expanded our sense of home in the galaxy.
  Dedication of these engineers is impressive.
• Exclusive: Here’s The Full 10-Page Anti-Diversity Screed Circulating Internally at Google [Updated]
  This is ugly and Google need to do more than just say this isn’t their policy. The self entitlement of men strikes again.
• Requiem for the iPod Shuffle | WIRED
  The iPod is officially over. Here’s why Steve Jobs told me he particularly loved the iPod shuffle—and why we’re going to miss it.
  Apple kill so many of their products that are much loved. The shuffle is another one to add to the list.
• This Is Probably The Only Story You Didn’t Hear About First From Bradd Jaffy And Kyle Griffin
  “I have a couple of go-to Twitter accounts that I check as soon as I wake up in the morning,” actor Alyssa Milano told BuzzFeed News. “One is Kyle Griffin’s feed and the other is Bradd Jaffy
  I don’t follow these guys but there’s no need as they are retweeted so often. Skills to get on top of so many breaking stories.
• In pictures: Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2017 – BBC News
  The shortlisted images in this year’s Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year have now been selected.
  Another set of photo’s that make me slightly envious that I’m not out trying to capture these images.